Encroach - English meaning

verb

Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.

Usage examples:

Flooding disrupted rail services

verb

To prevent something, esp. a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

Usage examples:

A heavy fall of snow disrupted traffic during the rush hour., [ c ] strikes threaten more disruptio…

verb

To prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

Usage examples:

Meetings with her lawyers did not disrupt the schedule., commerce could be disrupted in a cyberterr…

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

verb

To cause someone to stop what the person is doing, or to interrupt an activity

Usage examples:

Please don’t disturb jimmy – he’s trying to do his homework., this year’s election campaign has dis…

verb

To interrupt what someone is doing

Usage examples:

Please don't disturb your sister - she's trying to do her homework., i'm sorry to disturb you so la…

verb

Have an effect, especially a negative one.

Usage examples:

Several factors impinge on market efficiency

phrase

Infringe upon

phrasal verb

To have an effect on something, often by limiting it in some way

Usage examples:

The supreme court will decide if the new communications bill impinges on the constitutional right t…

verb

Enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information.

Usage examples:

The organization has been infiltrated by informers

noun

An infiltrating substance or a number of infiltrating cells.

Usage examples:

A chest radiograph revealed a patchy infiltrate in the left lower lobes

verb

To become a member of a group or organization to secretly gather information about its activities

verb

Actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.).

Usage examples:

Making an unauthorized copy would infringe copyright

verb

Stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process).

Usage examples:

The buzzer interrupted his thoughts

verb

To stop someone from speaking by saying or doing something, or to cause an activity or event to stop briefly

Usage examples:

[ i ] please don’t interrupt until i’m finished., [ t ] the picnic was interrupted by a rain shower…

verb

Put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited.

Usage examples:

He had no right to intrude into their lives

verb

To go into a place or be involved in a situation where you are not wanted or do not belong

Usage examples:

Sorry to intrude, but i wanted to insure that this got to your attention., students who live in a d…

verb

(of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it.

Usage examples:

During the second world war the island was invaded by the axis powers

verb

March aggressively into a territory by military force

verb

To enter a place by force, often in large numbers

Usage examples:

[ t ] the allies were poised to invade germany., [ t ] fig. i think that the opportunity is definit…

verb

Become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

Usage examples:

A sound from the reception hall obtruded into his thoughts

verb

(especially of something unwanted) to make something or to become too noticeable, especially by interrupting

Usage examples:

I don't want to obtrude upon/on her privacy.

verb

Enter someone's land or property without permission.

Usage examples:

There is no excuse for trespassing on railway property

noun

Entry to a person's land or property without permission.

Usage examples:

The defendants were guilty of trespass

verb

To enter someone’s property without permission

Usage examples:

I didn’t realize i was trespassing on their land., they have several dogs to keep trespassers out.

verb

Break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement).

Usage examples:

They violated the terms of a ceasefire

verb

Fail to agree with; go against

verb

To break or act against something such as a law, agreement, or principle, or to not respect something that should be treated with respect

Usage examples:

The planes appear to have deliberately violated the cease-fire agreement., questions of this kind v…